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A Challenge to the Guardian27 comments

Hawkeye wrote 3 days ago: This is a guest post by Israelinurse When I was a little girl, growing up in the narrow cobbled stre … more →

Tags: Guardian

Best of British1 comment

salopiantree wrote 2 weeks ago: Don’t ask me why, but I was watching a major TV shopping channel the other day and a well-know … more →

Tags: Retail, TV, BBC, Shopping, Primark, fairtrade, Globalisation, Protectionism

The Charming Men of Ireland6 comments

blackwatertown wrote 1 month ago: Strike! Abby McGibbon & Vincent Higgins (see below) I had a problem. It had been on my mind for … more →

Tags: theatre, Life, blackwatertown, blackwater, Books, Play, Tourism, Family, Review

Clean Up Fashion 2009

annabellaplum wrote 1 month ago: The latest report from Labour Behind the Label project Let’s Clean Up Fashion is now out.  It … more →

Tags: Industry News, Labour behind the Label, Let's Clean Up Fashion

Wanted: Preferably Alive

YorubaGirl wrote 2 months ago: You know how on Amazon there’s a wishlist facility, so that friends and family can get you exa … more →

Tags: Shopping, Financing, Lady things, wishlist

How much does that lower price fabric really cost?3 comments

oecotextiles wrote 3 months ago: OK, I know it sounds self-serving to begin talking about the price of something when we’re in the se … more →

Tags: Chinese textile suppliers, Fashion Victims, labor costs, Pollution, Wall Street Journal

Compass Conference Report - First Session

oliverobserves wrote 4 months ago: In keeping with my tradition of producing hugely lengthy reports of Conferences and events I attend, … more →

Tags: gordon brown, Labour, liberal democrats, Green Party, Joe Oliver, Compass, luke akehurst, Compass Conference 2009, No Turning Back

Where's the Passion?9 comments

thehiddenedge wrote 4 months ago: I have attended the Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival today for the very first time. I am aware of their wr … more →

Tags: Communication Tool Kit for Business, Toastmaster Speeches, LinkedIn, WorDs, writing, tolpuddle martyrs, suffragettes, Cubism, communism

New Vision Amid Economic Crisis - Daily Jang 1 comment

peacedevelopmentnetwork wrote 6 months ago: 2nd April  2009,  House of Commons Committee Room 14 Report in English on this Blog - http://peacede … more →

Tags: Peace and Development, development, Millennium Development Goals, Human Rights, MDGs, middle east, Lord King, Evironmental Awareness, Peace Movement

it's not football

Sean wrote 6 months ago: My friend, Wendy Willems, a researcher with the London-based War on Want,  filmed these interviews i … more →

Tags: South Africa, police, Soccer, cape town, durban, housing, World Cup 2010, Football

Video: Abahlali challenges the slums act1 comment

antieviction wrote 6 months ago: … more →

Tags: Archives, poor people's alliance, Video, Slums Act

Petition Primark

wearfromwhere wrote 6 months ago: Why not add your name to this petition organised by War on Want and People Tree (my favourite fair t … more →

Tags: ethical, Fair Trade, clothing, Clothes, Primark, Fashion, workers, People Tree, garment

Trade Justice - Take action with War On Want

wearfromwhere wrote 6 months ago: Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) can stop Europe’s devastating trade deals, which thr … more →

Tags: ethical, Action, Justice, Trade, poverty, Memebers of the European Parliament, MEPS, MEP, Europe

Is your bank financing the arms industry?

Jeremy wrote 7 months ago: If you bank with Barclays, Lloyds TSB, Halifax, HSBC, or Royal Bank of Scotland, then the answer is … more →

Tags: activism, Business, Human Rights, Corporate Responsibility, Banks, Arms trade

Protests at Primark

annabellaplum wrote 7 months ago: The new Primark in Tooting, London caused a stir at it’s opening on Saturday 2nd May 2009.    … more →

Tags: Industry News, News, ethical fashion, People Tree, Primark, Protests

Stop business as usual

juliettelucie wrote 7 months ago: As the world struggles under the weight of the financial crisis it is more urgent than ever to creat … more →

Tags: poverty, Economic Crisis, EU, Trade

UK Media: Grassroots movements plan to boycott South African poll

antieviction wrote 7 months ago: By agency reporter 20 Apr 2009 Source: Ekklesia As South Africa prepares for its national elections … more →

Tags: Archives, Mainstream and Other News, 2009 Elections, 2010, boycott elections, No Land! No House! No Vote!, Repression

Protestors urge G20 to Put People First2 comments

racheloneill wrote 8 months ago: An estimated 35,000 protestors joined a march from Embankment to Hyde Park to campaign for fairness … more →

Tags: Protests, G20, put people first, Brendan Barber, Tony Juniper, Susan George, hyde park, iraq

Protestors urge G20 to Put People First2 comments

racheloneill wrote 8 months ago: An estimated 35,000 protestors joined a march from Embankment to Hyde Park to campaign for fairness … more →

Tags: Protests, G20, put people first, Brendan Barber, Tony Juniper, Susan George, hyde park, iraq


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